My full name is Hilda Denize Pinto Samo Gudo Johannsen. Yes, you might want to think twice before asking me to spell it all out! I’m Brazilian, my husband is German, and together we have three kids, aged 21, 19, and 9. We met in Mozambique, where we lived for almost a decade before moving to Moldova in 2010, then Indonesia in 2017, and now India.
Honestly, I never saw myself as a “trailing spouse” until recently. Perhaps it’s because I was already accustomed to moving frequently with my parents (for my father’s job as a civil engineer for Odebrecht) and the idea of settling permanently in one place had never really crossed my mind?